Are any CCrs really going to suffer in this heat ?

[Deleted member 26715]

What have we become as a nation if we need to be told to stay in the shade and drink water?

Somebody took a picture of a car owners manual from the 1930's it explained how to remove the cylinder head to de-coke the pistons every 6,000 miles, along with a photo of a new car owners manual explaining not to drink the battery acid.

 

[classic33]

I just don't know what to do... chilled coffee from the fridge of hot coffee from the kettle.

I think I need at least two more exchanges from @nickb and @classic33 before i make my mind up

Try both, an hour apart, and see which feels best. Report back with your findings, just in case we do get two days of warm weather in summer.

 

[classic33]

Somebody took a picture of a car owners manual from the 1930's it explained how to remove the cylinder head to de-coke the pistons every 6,000 miles, along with a photo of a new cat owners manual explaining not to drink the battery acid.

Where's the battery acid in a new cat?

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Where's the battery acid in a new cat?

Oops, thanks

 

[cougie uk]

Somebody took a picture of a car owners manual from the 1930's it explained how to remove the cylinder head to de-coke the pistons every 6,000 miles, along with a photo of a new car owners manual explaining not to drink the battery acid.

So cars of the 1930s were rubbish then.

 

[ColinJ]

This is how I deal with riding in the heat

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How does taking very blurred photos help you keep cool?

 

[classic33]

How does taking very blurred photos help you keep cool?

He focuses on the long run.

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Been out to appointments/errands all day and completely boiled.


Lying in a dark room in me pants with a fan on

 

[Ming the Merciless]

How does taking very blurred photos help you keep cool?

Durrrrr

 

[ColinJ]

Durrrrr

I might nip out this evening but before it actually gets dark. I'm not sure that it will be that much cooler but at least I won't need a 1 cm thickness of sunblock to avoid sunburn!

 

[tyred]

I know it's not as warm here as it is in the south of England but it is still too hot for me. I think I will cancel tonight's ride. I walked to the shop a few minutes ago and it felt like walking through a wall of heat and I felt weak. 😓

Heat just doesn't agree with me.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

So cars of the 1930s were rubbish then.

Nope, they were for “enthusiast’s“

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Nope, they were for “enthusiast’s“

Or people with more than 2 brain cells

 

[presta]

The initial effect of something cold is cooling, but then your body sweats, more than it would have done, bringing it up to body temperature.
Eating or drinking something cold sounds worse.

Your body generates about 100W of heat.
In cool weather that's all lost to the air by convection, but in warmer air the temperature difference is not sufficient so you supplement the convection by evaporating sweat. If some of the power is needed to warm a cold drink, that makes less to get rid of by sweating and convection, so you feel cooler and more comfortable. Drinking something warmer than body temperature is just adding to the burden of heat your body has to get rid of.

 

[Reynard]

All four of us are holed up indoors. The cats have been asking to go out, but I've not let them. They've been splooted on the floor most of the afternoon.

My drive is a bit of a suntrap; at lunchtime it was 38C in the shade and close to 50C in the sun. The tomatoes are loving their impromptu greenhouse. Me, not so much. No idea what it's like out there right now, though it has clouded over.

All the curtains are drawn here, and all the shutters closed. Although I've two north-facing windows (one upstairs, one downstairs) cracked open an inch just to get a bit of a draft. It's 24C in the house and feels pleasant sat here in shorts, t-shirt and crocs.

I'm not a fan of excessive heat - or excessive sun. When working the fencline as a snappy at race meetings, it's almost impossible to get out of the sun, so back then, it was a floppy hat, sunblock, loose (long-sleeved) cotton shirt, cargo shorts and plenty of water. Even so, there were a few times I ended up feeling distinctly uncomfortable.